Thread: vacuumdb: vacuuming of database "testdonors" failed: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size 3221225472

Hello,

Using community PostgreSQL 7.4.2 I have tried to vacuum this database to 
no avail. Everytime
I try I get this referenced errror. I even dumped and restored to a new 
database an get the same error.
I was also able to reindex the database but no help there.

Not much to say on google...

Databaes is about 50 megs of mostly text. Less than 5 megs in large objects.

Hardware/OS is:

Dual Athlon MP 2800
3 Gig ECC Ram
3Ware Hardware Raid
7 SATA Drives in a RAID 10 (1 hot spare).
Fedora Core 1

Any thoughts?

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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Without more information about what the data is, there is really no way to
even guess.

Can you make the database available so it can be looked at?

> Hello,
>
> Using community PostgreSQL 7.4.2 I have tried to vacuum this database to
> no avail. Everytime
> I try I get this referenced errror. I even dumped and restored to a new
> database an get the same error.
> I was also able to reindex the database but no help there.
>
> Not much to say on google...
>
> Databaes is about 50 megs of mostly text. Less than 5 megs in large
> objects.
>
> Hardware/OS is:
>
> Dual Athlon MP 2800
> 3 Gig ECC Ram
> 3Ware Hardware Raid
> 7 SATA Drives in a RAID 10 (1 hot spare).
> Fedora Core 1
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
> --
> Command Prompt, Inc., home of Mammoth PostgreSQL - S/ODBC and S/JDBC
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Using community PostgreSQL 7.4.2 I have tried to vacuum this database
> to no avail. Everytime I try I get this referenced errror. I even
> dumped and restored to a new database an get the same error.

Hmm, how about a stack trace from the errfinish call?

If you feel gdb'ing it is out of your league, could you send me the
data dump off-list?
        regards, tom lane